The popular football player has put his love of tattoos and global stardom to good use to highlight world hunger, working in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP)for a project called ‘805 Million Names’. The match against Caen was one of huge importance as he took off his shirt after scoring to reveal 50 new names temporarily tattooed to his upper body to support the WFP. Ibrahimović played in Saturday’s match with the names of people such as Carmen, Mariko, Antoine, Sawsan, Chheuy, Lida, Siatta, Rahma, Yaae who receive food assistance tattooed temporarily on his body to highlight hunger, he was then booked for his celebration.

“I had 50 temporary tattoos on my body. They were the names of real people who suffer from starvation in the world. Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me”, said Ibrahimović in a news conference at PSG headquarters in Paris. “But there are names no one cares to remember, that no one cheers for: the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world today. I have supporters all over the world. From now on I want this support to go to the people who suffer from hunger, they are the real champions. So whenever you hear my name, you will think of their names.”

“Each one of the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world has a name, a voice, a story to share,” said Marina Catena, WFP Director for France and the Principality of Monaco. “Zlatan accepted the challenge and wished to carry their stories on his own skin so that the world does not forget them.”

Source: HuffingtonPost.co.uk